My colleague just went out, and was nice enough to bring me back this (see below)…but she doesn’t know what it’s called.. she just called it authentic Lebanese “shoe” candy..

Anyway, she told me to post it here so that all of you could reminisce about your childhood.. 😀 Even my boss stopped in his tracks when he saw it on my desk and said,, “Where did you get that? I haven’t seen or eaten those since I was a kid!”

Yup, they still make them! I used to get them in supermarkets in London at the section that sells candy and you have them here in Dubai in those kiosks in malls that have all the different boxes with sweet and sour candies, licorice, chocolates etc… Love them! 🙂

That’s too funny!!! I like how your co-worker made you post it 🙂 And yes, she’s right! I’m reminiscing…. Can you also go to Harissa for me and post a picture of the view of Jounieh? I SO miss it! 😦 lol

Interesting fact: sweets and other tooth-rotting snacks are informally referred to as “sarameh” by parents, which means (plural of surmeyeh): Shoes, in a very slang way 😛
“Stop eating candy before lunch!” -> “Stop eating sarameh before lunch!”
And why is candy referred to as shoes by parents? Because of shoe candy! 😛
Just like Ras El 3abed, these will never die out.

We used to call them Sabot as in clogs, and my aunt from Jounieh used to get them for us every time she came to Beirut. Memories …… Ya lateef how something so insignificant as a piece of candy can bring so many memories for all of us. I can’t imagine being this nostalgic over a Mars Bar or Kit Kat!!